New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-02
AMONG CHANGING GROUPS.
SUBJECTS OF THE DAY AS TOUCHED ON IN
BRIEF CHATS


in 81. house and thought it handy thing to be ane
70 swear al a man a milo away until one day the
company came along ana tore it out lccauc ne u7oi
rofanity over the wire. Il wish.' SAID the COLONEL
that somcbo " would invent telephone over when
YOU could a min -tcr kic5 70 man. There "ouu
10 graf sat faction in such an Instrument
The art prof. sion in NcwYorl> probably contains.
uorc lngu,t- than any other. The practice oil
Amer en- artists is 10 20 abroad and spend some
time N study They thus acquire foren languages
~ we'll a. art This fact WA Illustrated recently
on the occa ion of visit iy the famous Huhs'rIlH
art It. Mnnkac.y, in company OF Albert her7'"''' ="
the monthly ne { NJ OF the memicrs OF the Na'oihi
,I,,. of ucs,an. The hungarian does NOT speak
rncli.h but there were any number OF artists VINO
could converse with him in French OF German IN
10 h Of winch languages h Is adelt. IN inc ui"ns
that cath rel a. out Tie aru-t were men VII" spun.
French Russian. Italian, Hungarian, ''rhh" anu
etanj.h Before the evening closed Mr.. IN Fargo
dro lei In with Il Ia. anese art IT, WIN "hom Nv
was con,er-ins in that language
rbc,o VAS nointcd out 10 me the other day IN Ola
frcnl Of 1lurow Wccl who WIS through nm III
AT aclc OF the state Department under w nam IL
seward nj prc-ent rc-ient Nebraska but former
" of this state. His name Is t"ah Ne's''''
Mr. Wch-t il slender man, --.bly MY "nV-'
lean and br1nzeA face bears evidence that be ma
uu,crronc NJ v cal harl-hipa. Ny Informant "a"
Al ont Mr. webster: lilo was the one man ahouO
the : ate Department who vas implicitly r"'"l ~
seer tary seward for any confidential "on' OF nv
sepc service. / remember when Mason ana S'''o"
were con ned in For, Warren, at Boston, 'NcIy'o9
WIS on the alcrt - dieco.er what oouf-e the S'I'
De,artmcn, wolld pur nc with reference to them
! WI huu n. arouni the Department myself on lha'
mis- o an. irici to pump webster inc only 'h"s
that could get out Of him was the statement 'h"'
he was 20 ne away 10 lc gone seven or 'lgh' '' =
ana that he dill not know what the State D'p"iIn'"'
vonId do during his absence / haunted him Ike
4 i'm AZ
tricl In find ont from him what would be done WIN
Mason and Sidcll. but no was a. CLOSE lOu'Acd d.
clam. ! finally went t. the ticket once ana "S''i
famed that Webster Lad bought ticket Tor BOSTON,
Iuttin1 IL all together conc GUIDED that he WIS CONS
thcr,. for Mr. seward with ne-sage relating To the
two Confederate Comm,--ioner- and -hrc"aS
oes ed that the Go, eminent had decided TO release
Them As was aftcrWarl disclosed 90 lie the iact
Ia, O always had suspicion that II the secret "iHh'
Of the at, Department had been carried OUT inc
I'm, on winch Mason aud Shell were taken out To
the Fri sh steamer would have sunk somewhere
about 10 ton IldlbJr with them cn thIl'
The senior proprietor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
hiram utchrork IL an au-tcrc looking man. lila
,ourtesy however, is proNcrbal. He is a New
Enelandcr, college brad. and ! am told "a' ih'ch''"
for tie ministry 10y hs parcnts, bnt io"hh ""'H''
morn attractive. In the twenty five years That nc
ha. cen connected with tho great ho 81 hc h1' b'
come wealthy and Il prominent figure in New lofh
LIE.
L. Y. Ea,lin, from salt Lake city. is IN unc-
credited dco-atc from Ciah 10 tic Nat onal Capital
He SPEND, his winter, thcr' representing The Cen
tile interest, AMI selling Tho promotion 81 l"-I-R
ton against the Mormon Church. He hl- been III
New YORK. for the lat week lie j. pare U.'n 90
Ulht andy complexion, with sandy VII! hcr.' small
head covered " n wayy hair OF rdIl-h color AMI
the air Of u + hi ition zea o.. lie Wa much NOR
interesting in hi talk about ,he Territory VI ia"
than about the Moum0n.. and told me that within
two or TAR year tie medicinal qualities oi 0''
Lake AMI Of the hof sine- located within Two nc-
Of salt Lake city have become 20 W'h known th''
thcr. j. likely % . anothcr r-or Cor er-on- ahic
cd with rIooi dten-cs MIR. la-kin thinks mat tab
1. a able Of 6c copmeIt lcy ,nl that Of any other
Western Territory.
\ man Of large ,atar' and portiy -rr-"nc' "i'h
kindly face fru-cl with i'm gray whi-hcr. dnd
wearing lack broadclo'h aui hieh sik hat, Who
has attracted notice II pt>li ID Avenue liot"l VIII
~ two or { rec day l. ~ A--cnbHun ''''s" /
rost. Of Cayuga County. MIR. IO-rs pr--cnt horn"
l. IN It Iou!- While he Wa resident OF th.'
st.t' he engaged IN tho practice Of IA" 81"
tanLIn. but now Dee ha- gone INTO the railroad bu-i
Nc, and - pr.-i!cnt Of what u Known a the Ni-
.our central Railroad Company. cor or'uon "h"h
hts secured a charter for = rad ir"m -. L"u" "
Kansas CIV Mr. Post say that tie Oad Wall h'
la IL dur NJ the coming sea on, ana th' iuhuS nave
all been provided Tor that purpose.
g.. l..
In Ncw Yora for .,vcrl lay is an old reporter OF
"1he New York Hcrali" lie II an lr-hman. - hi-
uamc nipple, q man large IN -'atufr, bulky, "l'h
big lead, an aCti.c brain. long lace AMI large
gray mu.iachc. Major Connor drit"d from New
Yon, (, Montreal and after a short stay ucr went
t. Nn-hNic. Ito l. now the president Of what J.
brown % the south l1tt.iurs city Company, which
Is engaged in IuLiing up coal and non city IN Ten
ne see after the manner Of Is rmingham, Ala. The
Jlacc has a history VII ch Nh Connor In part related
to mo yo-brlay, say ng; south l1ttsburg was
own 81 over years ago By an Fnelsh company.
1lcy selected -.ts N TIC lovely valley who's east
elrl side 4 aycd by the broad Tennessee River AMI
whose western side Is incoscl by mountain 1000
feet In height Near the river they erected two
lOO-ton furnace In the cove they laid out a town.
urovdng for all tie mxuric. ~ ct, ilHation. The
untmcly death Of the two principal projectors r.
suited in the sale Of tho property and the Tcnnes~e"
coat AMI Iron Company bought H. The EngIi-hmcn
had bult handsome rc-'ence- for tho Offices of tie
company. comfortable cottages for the employees,
largo Irscr, Dir in which they gathered tho limpid
water that gu-hed from the mOuntiin'- bosom. and
thorough systcm OF draining. They had every house
in the town supplied with water from tho reservoir
and with the hcalthf climate they would have lacked
nothing for thcr hal the principal projectors
liyeL As IL was, else VIII reap the
LeneGt." askcd Mr. COnnOr ~ TO the present. own
cr,bip and he sad: "lhc company Of which | am
tho prc-llcnt bought the place with 1000 acres Of
mineral and agricultural lands from the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Conn any. We secured possession on
tic first Of october last, and have been actively ~
work in Ioriving the project begun by our friends
tho Eng slmen. In three months have secured
the location OF largo pipe factory, planning MILL
lrck yarls terra Gotta works, and within few days
the huge stove works OF Perry Il Company from Al
lany n Y These with two blast furnaces, a
machine shop and tn ton sad-iron foundry make
us quito n town. If you out In the West
during tho growing IcriOd you VIII know how thng-
lave been going at South 1ttsburg The hotel Is
Icing enlarged and reftted. fine building Is being
Tut up for the First National Bank The streets are
being graded AMI shade tres planted. a short time
ago all took it into our heads 10 paint houses,
including the cts Company, which owns 100 struct-